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PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. RABINBR.

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LOUIS RABINER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK;

HEAD-GEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1908.

Application led December 22, 1906. Serial No. 349,056.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS RABINER, citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Head-Gear, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to head gear and has for its obj ect the provision of a cap generally known as the golf-ca embodying the feature of being adjusta le whereby the same may be suited to Vany shape head. Or whereby it may be arranged to suit the taste of the wearer, in either the loose flat style or with the crown standing upright.

The further object of this invention is that one is enabled to manufacture and market caps of a given design thus/relieving the retai dealer of the necessity of keeping in stock a large assortment of designs for the fitting of different shape heads, which is both expensive and room taking.

Another object is in so applying the adjusting means that it may constitute a featurevof its ornamentation, and in no manner hinder its use by the wearer. In its application the use of buttons is entirely omitted and instead. loops of the same material as the cap are employed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section. Fig. 4 is a front View. Fig. 5 isamodi'lication in front elevation. Fig. 6 is a section of Fig. 5 with the straps folded within, and Fig. 7 is a bot tom plan view partly cut away.

Referring to the drawings by reference characters, 1 designates the body of the cap made up of sectors, and 2 the peak thereof. To either side of the peak 2, or where its tapered edges are secured tothe body 1, is a band made of two pieces 3 and 4 which eX- tend to theback and are united midway of the body 1. The lower edge of this band alines with and is united to the lower edge of the`body portion 1 as indicated by numeral 5. The free-ends of the pieces comprising the band, or those parts which are just above the ears of the wearer, are tapered as at 6 into straps 7 and 8 which extend cross-wise of the head to approximately ythe opposite sides of the cap, one of said straps overlapping the other. -The straps 7 and 8 are the means whereby the adjustment above referred to is accomplished. At the ends of the straps are loops 9 and 10 securely attached thereto and of the same material. Each strap is adapted to pass through the loop of its opposite strap. Thus if the wearer have a round head he 'may readily shape the hat to more comfortably fit thereto by drawing the loops 9 and 10 in opposite directions. By this operation the band sections 3 and 4, and consequently the sides of the body l are drawn somewhat erectly, to which position it is held by the loops gathering the inner or wider portions of the straps 7 and 8; the loop of strap 7 gathering the wide part of strap 8, and vice versa. If the head of the wearer be what is termed a long head it is necessary for him simply to move the loops 9 and 10 in the reverse direct-ion to that just described. By this adjustment the body 1 of the cap is loosened thereby permitting the same to readily adapt itself to the shape of the head. In any event it is more often a matter of taste with the wearer as to whether he will have the crown overhang and fasten to the peak by means of the usual fastener, or whether he desires to wear the crown in full erect position.- By properly regulating the cross straps 7 and 8 the cap may be made to conform to either of these positions. In the former instance by tightening the straps, and in the latter by loosening them. Since the band sections 3 and 4 are united to the body 1 in only one place namely along the bottom edge, they may be used in stormy weather in the nature of ear muffs merely by inverting the same, the straps 7 and 8 serving as the piece which goes under the chin.

In a modified form I have shown this invention applied to a Tam OShanter wherein the members 7l and 8 are used in the capacity of a holding strap which goes under the chin of the wearer, the said members 7 and 8 being in this instance regulated to the necessary position by the adjusting loops 9 and 10 which are carried by the straps as in the golf-cap arrangement. To each of the straps 7 and 8, and at points thereon adjacent the head band 11, are ear pieces or protectors 12 and 13 secured thereto in any suitable manner, the straps being of greater width at those points to enable this.

When it is desired to use the i Tam OShanter7 without the chin strap and the ear protectors, the members 7 and 8 are folded within the crown 12 as shown in Fig. 6. In this case the loops 9 and 10 are so regulated as to obviate any tendency of the straps 7 and 8 to wrinkle, and thus allow a perfectly smooth interior for the head. So that l there will be no disarrangement of the head band l1 in this latter oase the straps 7 and 8 are fastened to the cap at the upper inner edge of said head band 11 as indicated at 14.

It will be noted that in both the golf-cap and the HTam OShanter the principles of adjusting and holdingl the straps are exactly the same, each strap carrying at its end a loop through which passes the opposite strap and vice versa.

TWhat -is claimed as new ist* A cap of the character described, comprising a body portion having a band covering the back and side portions thereof, and adapted to hold said portions in erect position 5 said band terminating in straps adapted to overlap on the crown of the cap, said straps being of greater width adjacent the band and having loops at their ends, said 2 loops adapted to encircle the straps respectively, and gather their widerportions whereby the overhanging of the caps sides may be regulated, said band and straps adapted to pass under the chin and cover the 2 ears.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS RABINER. Witnesses:

THOMAS J KING, DANIEL DIRENZO. 

